1934 in film

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This is a list of films that were released in 1934.

Events

January 26 - Samuel Goldwyn (formerly of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer) purchases the film rights to The Wonderful Wizard of Oz from the L. Frank Baum estate for $40,000.
February 19 - Bob Hope marries Dolores Reade
April 19 - Fox Studios releases Stand Up and Cheer!, with five-year-old Shirley Temple in a relatively minor role. Shirley steals the film and Fox, which had been near bankruptcy, finds itself owning a goldmine.
May 18 - Paramount releases Little Miss Marker, with Shirley Temple, on loan from Fox, in the title role.
June 13 - An amendment to the Production Code establishes the Production Code Administration, and requires all films to obtain a certificate of approval before being released.
November 12 - The musical Babes in Toyland debuts, starring Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy as comic relief.
December 11 - Fox releases the Sol M. Wurtzel production of Bright Eyes, starring their hot new property, Shirley Temple. Shirley sings "On the Good Ship Lollipop", and wins the first Academy Award ever given to a child, for her endearing portrayal of Shirley Blake.

Rank	Title	Studio	Actors
1.	Viva Villa!	MGM	Wallace Beery
2.	Cleopatra	Paramount	Claudette Colbert
3.	The Barretts of Wimpole Street	MGM	Norma Shearer
4.	It Happened One Night	Columbia	Clark Gable and Claudette Colbert
5.	The Thin Man	MGM	William Powell and Myrna Loy
6.	The Richest Girl in the World	RKO	Miriam Hopkins
7.	The Gay Divorcee	RKO	Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers
8.	Imitation of Life	Universal	Claudette Colbert
9.	The Girl from Missouri	MGM	Jean Harlow
10.	The House of Rothschild	United Artists	George Arliss and Loretta Young

U.S.A. unless stated

January 22 - Bill Bixby, American actor (died 1993)
February 11 - Tina Louise, American actress
March 22 - May Britt, Swedish actress
March 26 - Alan Arkin, American actor
March 27 - Peter Schamoni, German director (died 2011)
March 31 - Shirley Jones, American singer and actress
April 24 - Shirley MacLaine, American actress
May 3 - Ivan Andonov, Bulgarian film director (died 2011)
May 10 - Jeanine Basinger, American film historian
May 24 - Kiril Gospodinov, Bulgarian actor
June 1 - Pat Boone, American singer and actor
July 1
- Jamie Farr, United States actor
- Jean Marsh, English actress of Upstairs, Downstairs fame
July 5 - Nikolay Binev, Bulgarian actor
July 8 - Marty Feldman, English comedian and actor (died 1982)
September 20 - Sophia Loren, Italian actress
September 28 - Brigitte Bardot, French actress
November 5 - Kira Muratova, Russian director
November 11 - Nadine Trintignant
December 9 - Judi Dench, English actress
December 28 - Maggie Smith, English actress

March 21 - Lilyan Tashman, 34, American actress (cancer)
May 31 - Lew Cody, 50, American actor
June 8 - Dorothy Dell, 19, American actress (road accident)
July 6 - Harry A. Pollard, 55, American actor & director
July 28 - Marie Dressler, (born 1868), Canadian-born American Academy Award winning actress (cancer)